(Natural News)
In a move that is sure to get liberal snowflakes rushing to their safe spaces faster than ever, Princeton University is now encouraging students
to report “problematic experiences based on [their] identity.” This
means that if students find themselves in a situation that makes them
feel offended or uncomfortable in anyway, they can – and should,
according to Princeton – go tell somebody about it, even if it is
something that normally wouldn’t result in disci

It’s said that about 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by the second week of February.1
This means if you made one for 2018, there’s a good chance it may
already have failed. There’s also a sizable number of people who set no
goals at all, New Year’s resolutions or otherwise, in part because they
may not realize the importance of goal setting and in part because they
may not know how to do it.2
There are other reasons why you may avoid goal setting as well,

(Natural News)
Beginning shortly after President Donald J. Trump defeated Hillary
Clinton in the 2016 election, Americans were treated to a steady diet of
stories from the American Pravda media claiming that he “colluded” with
the Russian government to “steal the election.”
For months information meant to substantiate the claim, made in the
absence of any real evidence, was “leaked” to various news outlets known
to be friendly to Clinton, Democrats, and every known enemy

Sometimes, it’s GOOD to be angry, research says

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Very few people like to spend most of their time ticked off about
something, but a growing body of research indicates that sometimes, just
sometimes, getting really angry is actually good for you.

As noted byNBC News,
most everyone has experienced periods of blind rage — being so angry
‘you can’t see straight,’ as one old saying goes. The reason for that
rage is varied: Political differences of opinion, the feeling of being
slighted, getting insulted by someone, etc.

And we know from past research that too much anger certainly isn’t good for you and can lead to all kinds of health issues like high blood pressure, increased heart rate, and even breathing problems.

As NBC News notes:

Messages abound that anger is something to fear and avoid, like
the flu. Even Buddha was anti, touting this adage: “Holding on to anger
is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone
else; you are the one who gets burned.”

According to a 2002 study titled, “When Anger’s a Plus” which was published by the American Psychological Association,
nearly half of a control group said they experienced “positive
long-term effects of angry episodes,” while just one-quarter of
participants said they considered such episodes as a long-term negative.

Clinical psychologist Scott Wilson, an adjunct professor in the
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College
Columbia University, also agreed that there is some good to being angry.

“We are hard-wired to pick up facial clues related to anger, and
perception of these cues is an important aspect of social
communication,” he told NBC News, in recognizing that anger can
be a gateway to communication. “The experience of, or expression of,
anger communicates to others that we are unhappy with their behavior, or
that we perceive their actions to be unjust or unfair.”

In addition, Wilson says he believes anger is vital to the success of any relationship.

“A lack of expression of anger in relationships can actually be
detrimental. The feedback anger can deliver is very important in social
relationships and actually can make them healthier, as long as it is not
too intense,” he said.

In addition, experts say there is evidence to suggest that anger can often make people more rational, instead of less so, which is a common perception. Researchers studied college students
to find out how anger would affect their thinking and decision-making
processes; they found that anger made them more analytical and rational.
Scientists concluded that action brought on by anger can originate from
“clear-minded and deliberative processing.”

Says Wilson: “Like all emotions, anger is a response that organizes
our thinking, our physiology, and our behavior so that we can most
effectively face a particular type of challenge.”

There’s more. Anger can also enhance or activate our instinctive
“fight-or-flight” response to danger or confrontation. And while we can
often get angry when challenged, it is an emotion that also emboldens us
to be assertive and even aggressive when necessary. “Since anger
doesn’t feel good subjectively,” Wilson told NBC News, “we are motivated to try and resolve the situation as quickly as possible.”

Also, a Scientific Americanpiece cited research
proving anger also serves as a pathway to creativity, most often due to
a boost of adrenaline. That said, one expert noted that anger-induced
creativity is subject to rapid burn-out.

“Anger leads to creativity, though perhaps only in small doses,” said
one of the study’s authors, Mattjas Baas, an assistant professor and
the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University
of Amsterdam. He said anger doesn’t generally last long so the period of
enhanced creativity won’t either.

Wilson, meanwhile, added that channeling anger into something
positive to achieve a specific goal is also a way to realize some good
from it.